On May 17, 2004, I, the Deputy Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration, issued an Order to Show Cause and Notice of Immediate Suspension of the practitioner's Certificate of Registration, BL6779005, held by William R. Lockridge, M.D. (Respondent), of Wayne, N.J. The Notice of Immediate Suspension was based upon my preliminary finding that Respondent was ``responsible for the diversion of large quantities of controlled substances'' by writing prescriptions for controlled substances that were issued on behalf of persons he never physically examined and which thus lacked a ``legitimate medical purpose.'' Order to Show Cause at 9. Based on this finding, I concluded that Respondent's continued registration ``constitute[d] an imminent danger to the public health and safety because of
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the substantial likelihood that [he] would continue to divert controlled substances.'' Id. at 10.

More specifically, the Show Cause Order alleged that ]]> http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2006-12-27-E6-22105 Wed, Dec 27 2006 11:00:00 GMT